Films 101 Top Films Ranking

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Ranking from Films101.com.

Films that have been strongly recommended by critics and filmmakers. The bulk come from all-time best movie lists and major movie award lists (with around 7000 ranked). New movie releases and new DVD releases are added regularly when picked by selected critics. Care has been taken to include as many foreign film releases as possible, making this a truly international movie list.

Note: A few films are tied for their ranking: #99

(Last update: November 13, 2012)

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  1. 1.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles
  2. 2.
    The Bicycle Thief
    by Vittorio De Sica
  3. 3.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  4. 4.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  5. 5.
    2001 - A Space Odyssey
    by Stanley Kubrick
  7. 7.
    Singin' in the Rain
    by Gene Kelly
  8. 8.
    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn
  9. 9.
    The Searchers
    by John Ford
  10. 10.
    Casablanca (Snap Case)
    by Michael Curtiz
  12. 12.
    Annie Hall
    by Woody Allen
  13. 13.
    Chinatown
    by Roman Polanski
  14. 14.
    Pulp Fiction
    by Quentin Tarantino
  15. 15.
    Raging Bull
    by Martin Scorsese
  16. 16.
    Rashomon (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  17. 17.
    Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (Widescreen Edition)
    by George Lucas
  18. 18.
    The 400 Blows (The Criterion Collection)
    by François Truffaut
  19. 19.
    Breathless
    by Jean-Luc Godard
  20. 20.
    E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Full Screen Collector's Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg
  21. 21.
    Vertigo (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  22. 22.
    Schindler's List

  23. 23.
    8 1/2 (The Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini
  24. 24.
    Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
    by Fritz Lang
  25. 25.
    Lawrence of Arabia
    by David Lean
  26. 26.
    GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  27. 27.
    Some Like It Hot
    by Billy Wilder
  28. 28.
    La Dolce Vita [Region 2]
    by Federico Fellini
  29. 29.
    M (The Criterion Collection)
    by Fritz Lang
  30. 30.
    On the Waterfront
    by Elia Kazan
  31. 31.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  32. 32.
    Gone with the Wind
    by George Cukor
  33. 33.
    Taxi Driver (Collector's Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  34. 34.
    The Conformist (Extended Edition)
    by Bernardo Bertolucci
  35. 35.
    The Wizard of Oz
    by King Vidor
  37. 37.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  38. 38.
    Raise the Red Lantern
    by Zhang Yimou
  39. 39.
    Tokyo Story (The Criterion Collection)
    by Yasujirô Ozu
  40. 40.
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder
  41. 41.
    The World of Apu
    by Satyajit Ray
  42. 42.
    Double Indemnity
    by Billy Wilder
  43. 43.
    Belle de Jour
    by Luis Buñuel
  44. 44.
    Persona
    by Ingmar Bergman
  45. 45.
    Jules and Jim (The Criterion Collection)
    by François Truffaut
  46. 46.
    Apocalypse Now
    by Francis Ford Coppola
  47. 47.
    The Graduate (Special Edition)
    by Mike Nichols
  48. 48.
    Nashville
    by Robert Altman
  49. 49.
    L'Avventura (The Criterion Collection)
    by Michelangelo Antonioni
  50. 50.
    It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)
    by Frank Capra

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Created by James on Nov 15, 2006.
 

Comments

greenfruit

Updated the list — 4 years ago

I checked the list source at films101.com and noticed that a lot had changed so I updated it to reflect the current list (Feb. ’09). The ranking order had changed significantly and I also had to delete some titles and add a few new ones.

It seemed that we were keeping it at 101 titles so that’s where I stopped. There are actually 102 films though, because #35 and #36 are actually tied for 35th place (The Conformist and Dr. Strangelove).

One thing did bother me though when I was checking the source website. When you click on ‘Top Films’ (http://films101.com/5starr.htm ), you are presented with a list of 500 films instead of 100 or 101. If anyone would like, I wouldn’t mind adding the other films to more accurately reflect the source. I decided not to do that on my own, though because I didn’t want to make too many changes without community approval.

Feb 06, 10:40AM | 2 comments | Reply to this

James

I'm aiming for 50% — 6 years ago

this winter. I’ll get the remaining 50% next winter.

Nov 22, 06:12PM | 3 comments | Reply to this



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